By John Nwokocha Abuja
With effect from October 20, the Nigerian army will launch a novel dimension to its Crocodile Smile exercise, this time around, targeted at the Cyber and social media space.
Hear the spokesman of the army, Col Sagir Musa,
“The Exercise is deliberately intended to be all encompassing to include cyber warfare exercises designed to identify, track and counter negative propaganda in the social media and across the cyberspace”.
Musa continued: “This is the first ever Cyberwarfare exercise to be conducted in the history of the African Armed Forces.
“Accordingly, the exercise will also include positive identification component aimed at identifying Boko Haram terrorists fleeing from the North East and other parts of the country as a result of the ongoing operations in the various theatres of operations especially in the Northeast, North Central and North Western parts of Nigeria”.
Musa who disclosed this development in a statement said
the CROCODILE SMILE
exercise will take place across the country.
According to Musa,
“The Nigerian Army is set to start its annual Exercise CROCODILE SMILE which is traditionally conducted in the last quarter of the year”.
“This year’s Exercise CROCODILE SMILE V1 is scheduled to commence from the 20th of October to the 31st of December 2020.
“The Nigerian Army, once again, reassures all well meaning Nigerians of its commitment to the sustenance of peace and security in Nigeria and urges members of the public for their support and understanding throughout the period of the exercise”.
Nigerian Army Launches Cyber, Social Media War.
By John Nwokocha Abuja
With effect from October 20, the Nigerian army will launch a novel dimension to its Crocodile Smile exercise, this time around, targeted at the Cyber and social media space.
Hear the spokesman of the army, Col Sagir Musa,
“The Exercise is deliberately intended to be all encompassing to include cyber warfare exercises designed to identify, track and counter negative propaganda in the social media and across the cyberspace”.
Musa continued: “This is the first ever Cyberwarfare exercise to be conducted in the history of the African Armed Forces.
“Accordingly, the exercise will also include positive identification component aimed at identifying Boko Haram terrorists fleeing from the North East and other parts of the country as a result of the ongoing operations in the various theatres of operations especially in the Northeast, North Central and North Western parts of Nigeria”.
Musa who disclosed this development in a statement said
the CROCODILE SMILE
exercise will take place across the country.
According to Musa,
“The Nigerian Army is set to start its annual Exercise CROCODILE SMILE which is traditionally conducted in the last quarter of the year”.
“This year’s Exercise CROCODILE SMILE V1 is scheduled to commence from the 20th of October to the 31st of December 2020.
“The Nigerian Army, once again, reassures all well meaning Nigerians of its commitment to the sustenance of peace and security in Nigeria and urges members of the public for their support and understanding throughout the period of the exercise”.
